Staff Spotlight: Meet Sara Almaraz

Sara began as the Communications & Event Planning Coordinator with OCED in December
2017. She brings nearly 15 years of nonprofit events and communications experience,
including experience in fund development, stakeholder communications, event coordination and publications
design. A Fresno State graduate in Mass Communication & Journalism, Sara starts each
sentence with just one space and very rarely employs the oxford comma.

You're alone in the car. What are you listening to?

I'm a big fan of personal narratives and storytelling and my favorite thing to listen
to right now is The Moth Radio Hour. I'll catch the live show on public radio when
I can and I sometimes binge episodes online. The storytellers are fascinating, and
their styles are all over the map. They're touching and uplifting, occasionally depressive,
historical and laugh-out-loud funny. My favorite episode is by Mark Katz, who is a
humor consultant to politicians and tells the story about helping Al Gore write jokes
for the White House Correspondents' dinner.

What's your favorite local restaurant and what is your go-to order?

Everything at Colton's Social House in Clovis is amazing so it's hard to pick just
one thing as my favorite. The caramelized Brussels sprouts, bleu cheese burgers, clam
chowder -- and definitely the craft beer -- are all brilliant!

Is there something that you always have with you?

Fruit snacks, applesauce pouches and Goldfish crackers. I am the mom of two young
kids, so I always carry snacks for emergency meltdowns. The tricky part about this
is actually keeping stock of what I'm carrying around – I once found a rotting orange
hidden at the bottom of my purse.

What are you excited to see happen at OCED this year?

There have been so many changes within the organization over the past several months.
I'm looking forward to seeing what OCED has in store for me, and I'm looking forward
to helping the organization move forward with my own skills and experience.

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